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TBI EVBHIWO WORLD, THURSDAY, MAT (, 11.RICH BACHELOROF 72 TO MARRYHIS WARD OF 27Bentley Found He Was Lovedby Suggesting She Thinkof Marriage.A REPROACHFUL LOOK.That's All the Romance of It,Declares Brooklyn WarVeteran.Bewhiskered Brooklyn Mourns for 20,000 Barbers;Strike Raises Crop of Stubble, Cuts, Safety-RazorsnjTjTj-UlAjiririnrVVMlll r'inr'll'"T'Y"rY"l"'l'" W --l - IOtoifi i. BeAtler, a bneheler rtnlrtwo rears old. who snaps drae" store elM. m Adam strati Brooklyn. au Uoata An apartment back at to shop, wiltarrr to-nlt-ht Viae Joels Mnbal Hills,his ward, who la twantf-osTtn. Tao.mnsif will ba Mrformod by thoIUt. J. H Belnnsls of tho Twentyfaarth street at. B. Cnurcb in Man hatmm Mr. Hentlev ll a veteran of thOetrll war. Hit brldo U a distant rela-ttre of hit And Mr. flentley haa known.Mr atneo ah. waa A chUd Itrtnc withina anlla of hla old bona unttata. Bhrhtrears aso aha came to Brooklyn AndJotaod bar alatr. llrtaf with Mr. Bantlay.nee than aha haa mada har homa withm and aaalatad him In tha etore. MarBarents lira In Jordan, N. T.Tliere's no romanoa In It," oald Mr.antlnv. "Mlaa Mills haa lent llvodwith ma, until two yaara aso In company with har aUtar, Orace, who IsBOW Mrs. Clara no AWhouee of No. alWast Twonty-aavanth street, Manhattan. Whan Oraca marries, two yaaraace. my Intended wife remained alonewith ma. A faw daya aco I eurseetedto har that It might bo wall for harto return noma and find a husband, Shelooked at me ao reproachfully thatwall, she decided to accent tha proposalthan mada.""I am vary happy to think I will bocoma Mra. Bentlejr." Miss Mills said."I have always thought so highly Amidearly of Mr- Bentloy fhat it a earnsonly natural ta marry him. Bat hawill always ba Ilka a father to me. DMI tell my parentsT No. But what ofthatr'Mr. Bentley Is wealthy. Besides owning tha store and flats above It AtAdams and Nassau streeta, he owns inacres of land end tha eld homesteadup-State.BROKER AT 31 TOWED DIVORCER, 44.Thnmaa B. Nell, flftwho lives In the Hoout yesterday a Iteeaee to marry Mrs.Nellie W. Smith, forty-four, of No. 41B. Twenty-second street. They will hemarried May 10 In the Marble CollegiateChurch.Mrs. Smith dtvoroad James . Bmlthro New London, Cobb., four years age.the aald at her home last night thataha had Uved ta New London severalyears, but her borne, she eaJd, waa InVermont, sjne rerueeo to any An:IyinmgismmmmiMaatoalwer the DtaaTWoaia.doctor diagnose your oaaeT""DM the iTee.""How Vang dM It taker'Met long. I were my ahT BOSS BARfltB nA. fj CL 1WAITS IN. JUNE. .J I 3 w V"'L 1 TO USE BOT HVDT-sL-'AAPttroc lWaal ' wfcposi I mmmassB KJTv hnmd C 'J-f.rT- BflCUT AU BUCKET. mmvZQf mmmJrfim "'"'W3 W3 .-A Uri-v j5 -rwCITY DEBT GREW250 PER CENT. INLAST TEN YEARSof this declaration of principles wehave hereunto fflgned our names."PROMINENT OWNERS OF REALESTATE WHO SIGNED PLEDGE.Amon the prominent real estate owner and flrma that have signed tha circular are:John It. liegeman, Albert B. Boardman, Brayton Ivss, Charles H. Keep.Krsnk H. Piatt, George R. Read, Walterrltaoler, Nowbold Morris, William a.HeWltt. Henry 8. Harper, William R.Stewart, Joseph P. Day, Bradlsh Johnson, William A. White A Bona. H. H.Black, Henry Mnrgenthau, Douglaa Rob.Why the Palm fMda't Be war.(Pros) the Oardat Worisrs BaMA billiard marker la the UpperRhondde Is very fond ef plants Andflowers, And those tinder his charge hewaters and tends with loving tare.While watering a palm one day Matk. ,-m,rbt in the etesFwra: Iitnn't think thla nalm has grown anyinr last autumn." wasreply; 'Tib certain M Iman't.flclal!"Property Owners Alarmed by . Ineon. Morgan J. O'Brien, Robert A.'henehrough, Robert Ooelft, E. A. Outr-the Rapid Increase of Burden on Real Estate.irsNEVV LEAGUE IS FORMEDMembers Pledged to Vote forMen Who Will Give CityWhat It Pays For.The Bosses Have to ShaveThree Different Victimsat a Time Now.HA1RLawn Mowers, Garden Hoesand Potato Scrapers Usedby Self-Shavers.Let a boss barber (there la no etherUnd Just now) In Brooklyn. Bast NswTork. Williamsburg or Bay Ridge emitn weary "neat f and tha charge of theLight Brigade becomes as tarns as a clr-ous Hon.Half shaven men to the right ef htm.long haired men to the left of him, bewhiskered Individuals from behind him,volley and thunder:Tm next !"Pity ths poor boos barber In that section of the United States of Americasituate due east of Avsnus A, boundedon ths west by ths Best River and onAll other aides by wMskera and uncuthair.Per M.MS barbers tonsorial artiste.some of them call themselves are onstrike In that section of Greater NewTork whleh was annexed for the spe-etflo purpose only of Increasing thecity's population In the laat csnsunTou haven't Any Idea how much wnla-ksrs they can sprout la Brooklyn andBast Nsw Tork and Williamsburg untilthe barbers go on strike. Ths beardedlady la ths circus beeotnea a tarns looking Individual compared with some efths unshaven sons of fair Brooklyn, andwhom locks of some of Brook-Ira's foremost otUsens resemble wallcultivated and irrigated alfalfa Sslds bate harvest time.There are just MM barter shopsrant 'em, you unbelievers In Brooklyn, Willi am aburg aad Best New Tork,say aothlng of Bay Ridge. Andwithin the antiseptic walls (so orderedby the Board of Health) there ars orwsrs something more than 20,000 softlingered gentlemen who wheedle suburbanites Into having hot towels, shampoo.hair cut, maaaage and hair tonic whenthey only wanted a "shave, one timeover."NOTHING TO DO FOR FIFTEENHOURS BUT WORK,butch bag pardon, barbersbefore the strike were compelled to goto work At 1 o'clock In the morning Inmost shops and remain on duty untilNews Oddities"!CaleBUOsTT MXUJON hens arrived InbMsTmsw Toik'ommtyaas smt "last year.In Parts as an amy deserter.poverty, declared that hla onlyand Meed est nelly flowed.CAPITOL, POlto scale the dome at Washingtonla bis honor as ths bestPly, Rodman Law, whan.to or 10 o'clock at night a brief littletrick of something llks fourteen or fifteen hours. For this they receive In thsbetter grads establishments, the kindthat are dubbed "tonaorlal parlors," asmuch ss 112 a week, sometimes. Hometimes they don'tUnfeeling things! They thought theyworked too long each day. Ho Haturdaythey struck 20,000 of 'em. They didn'tdemand mora money, because a goodbarbet'a tips each week reach far morethan the stipend pnld him by the ahop.But they did demand shorter hoursTwelve hours, they argued, waa ampletime to remove all the whiskers thatought to be taken off In Brooklyn. If Ithad been New York well, that wouldhave been different. Hut Brooklyn 1And so they struck. It was only onTuesday, however, that thlnga got togoing good. Horns of them who soughtto reap a golden harveat by workingwhile their fellows Idled learned thatthat wasn't considered at all ohibby Ingood barbarlng circles.Scattering themselves Into groups of ahundred or more, striking barbers wandered all over Brooklyn, Bast New Torkand Williamsburg, "urging" tha workerstttabeoome drones. Their urging In somefew Instances along Pulton street waisplendidly effective. In fact, ao urgentware the urglnga In A few eetafbllehroents that the working barbers walkedout, leaving hasf asleep customers andhasf shaved customers. Mors than onsprominent cMlsen of Bast New Tork wasseen wandering along Pulton atreet yesterday and to-day ruefully displayingone aids of his face clean shaven, whiletha stubble that grew on the other aideof hla faoe reeemfeled a sugar cane fieldAfter ths machetes had done their fatalwork.A BOSS BARBER IS NOW THREE-IN-ONE.And now only the boas barbers areworking over the river. It's a splendidsight In Intensification of Industry towitness a boss barber In a three chairestablishment In East New York atwork, lie will have hot towels on Oieface of one customer, be shaving thesecond and applying the lather to theface of a third, and all at one time. Theboss barbers are going same, but theyare not keeping within seventeen jumpsOf ths whiskers. Jerusalem, but whiskers do grow fast In East Nsw Tork!In some of the happy home aectlona .ifBrooklyn lawn mowera are in constantdemand, and all ths lawn mowers aren'tbeing used on lawns, either. It's reallyfunny, ths Brooklynltes declare, to aeaa flat dweller who couldn't grow evenan onion on his fire eacape borrowinghis mora fortunate nalghbor'a graaacutting machine In the hope of getlngthe underbrush off hla own fertile chin.And the hair-cuts! Bark on tha farm,they used to put a bucket over theda of ether and eon, and cut offall the hair that ahowed under the lowerand of the bucket. In that way around contour waa maintained. Theeame principle haa been applied, withmore or leaa i mostly less) success, Incertain domiciles of Brooklyn since thebarbers went on strike.Ths "waiting lines" In the shopswhere the barbers have struck resemblea Bowery bread line, In mors ways thanone. Home of the Brooklynltes ars asunshaven through no fault of their ownas the veriest bum In the Bowery,and some of them have been heard tocomplain that their whlakers havegrown mors than an Inch during thstime that haa elapaed between the entrance Into the barber shop and theirentrance Into the tolls of the wssry bosabarber.Judging from the dealecated end almost dissected appearance of somefaoea seen wandering along Fultonstreet to-day apparently looking forho.epltals or sticking plasterssome effete Brooklymtea have had the temerityto try to shave themselves with the oldfashioned hoes that father uaed beforethe degenerate days of safety razorsand tlplsss barbers.But this terrible condition will probably not long continue. The 4,150 bossbarbers or a committee of them, atleast will meet the strikers to-night atthe Labor Lyceum Hall, at Myrtle avsnusand Wllloughby atrest, Brooklyn, and :tla more than probable ths strike will beended at thai Mme. Tha bosa barbersexpreaa a perfect wllllngneaa to cut theworking hours down to twelve per day.providing the men will agree to work Inshifts, so that early and late comersmay receive attention.UNCLE JOB CANNON poker table brought vM At an auction salsBis household effects laofSUN ANTONIO,LS0S,Oo acres.Tex.,bought a MsBloan ranch comprising!SCHOOL or WKALBB was reported oS Sandy Hook, but when hunted upseemed to have gens on strikeJAPAN KAMI sulphur Is to he admitted treeCalifornia fulmlnetlons.of daty not competing withKILLS HER TWO BABIESWHILE THEY SLEEP.PHILADELPHIA, May l.-Arletngfrom tha bed In which ahe, her hueband and two Infant daughters wereBleeping at tholr home In the .southernsection of thla city. Mra. Mary Kulaaa,twenty-tour years old, early to-day obtained a 1' use butcher knife and cutthe babies' throats, accompllahlng thadeed ao quietly that the alumberlng manwaa not grouted.The woman ha 1 been 111, and It la supposed became s iddenly Insane. In acell In the police station she becamehysterical and kept murmuring that shehad killed her babies for religious reasons.AT 96 DIES IN BELLEVUE.Hospital's Oldeet Patient Broke aLac by Pall.Ths oldest patient ever Admitted toBcllevue Hospital died there laat nightfront the effects of a fall downstairs, Inwhich her leg was broken.iShe was Mrs. Katharine O'Llndi,nlncty-stx years old, for more than aev-enty-flveyeara a resident of old Greenwich Village. Her home was at No.Charles atrsst. She had outlived all hfamily and was oared for by Mrs. OraceMarshall of the same address.The little old woman wee the moatfavored patient with doctors and nursesever at Bellevue. She waa remarkablyoheerful and winsome in her ways andseemed to be rapidly recovering fromthe shock of ths aecldsnt, but laat nightshs suddenly weakened and died.BAREFOOT BURGLARS BUSYLeave Footpitnts on Oarpete andGet Considerable Loot atOobbs Kerry.Hiicefoot burglars broke into threeDobba Kerry homes laat nlirht and attempted to enter a fourth. The DobbaFerry ponce to-day are looking fortrumps.The home of Harry Secor, a villagetrustee, was first entered. Clothing valued at NO and SIS In cash waa taken.The realdence of Archibald Naokorson,next to that of Mr. Secor on Field avenue, was ths second the burglars visited. Ten dollars In cash was takenthere and burned matches In large numbers left lying on the floor.In going from the Nackerson home tothat of James Sullivan, two blocksaway on Aahfond avenue, ths burglarapassed througt) mud. In the Sullivanhome they left the print of bare feeton oerpeta but got only twenty cents.At the residence of W. A. Proudfootan artist, also on Ash ford avenue, members of the family heard the thievestrying to get In and frightened thereaway.Jewelry waa within eaay reach In thethree houses entered, but ths thlsvssapparently wanted only clothmg orcaah.Alarmed by an Increase tn the Indebtedness of the city of more than2S0 per cent, tn ten yeara comparedwith a population Increase of only 40oer cent, and by the pyramiding of'arsessmenta of real estate to meet IBSenormoue budget dennnla of thsmunicipal government, owners, mortgagees, lessees, stents, 'brokers sndothers Interested In real estate havebsnded themselves Into a non-partisanorganliatlon ntgSgaJ to support In thecoming campaign only such cindldateana are qualified by performance orcharacter to give the city a dollar Invalue for each gwllar paid out. Hackof the movement are ill the Importantreal estate Interests of Greater New-York.Heal estale. the projector of themovoment ciolsit out. now "beats percent, of ell taxes raised for operatltiKthe city's government and has renchedthe limit of its burden hearing power.The debt of the city Is close to 11,000.000,000 and leaping upward. Soon theconstitutional limit must be reachedIf the extravag.m o of the past la tocontinue, ami wise financiers antl.liatethe time. In the not distant future, w icntile credit of the i ity shall be serlouslv IImpaired and no marke: for the city'sbond can be found.PLEDGE MADE TO SUPPORTONLY COMPETENT MEN.Circulars setting forth the condition idescribed have been sent all over the ,city for elgnatures. The followrlng ,pledge Is incorporated:"In thla critical financial situation ws demand that the man whoshall be placed in nomination forofflces entitling them to memberskip on tha Board of Batlnvats aadApportionment shall be of ths higheat character aad Integrity and possassad of snob business qualifications and practical Snaaolel abilityae to render them capable of handling the nnanelal problems whlehnow confront the dtp."Thla Is not a partisan or political movement and we a hall support only such men aa have alreadydisplayed the necessary qualifications aad such nsw men only asfulfil ths above requirements, aadwe oall upon all clttoens irrespective of party affiliations to aid us laaccomplishing thla result."As an Indication of our approvalbridge, Edgar A. Tredwell, B. AymarHands, John D. Crlmmina, Robert K.Dowilng, Allan Robinson, Alfred E.Marling, William H. Cheaebrough, Oaklelgh Thome, E. Clifford Potter. William E. Harmon, Bryan L. Kennelly,Frederick G. Hobhe, Harry C. Hart,John N. Goldlng, Ro'oert W. DeForest.George R. Hheldon. William F. Have-meyer, Lawrence B. Elllman, John MStoddard, Cnlted States Realty A las. Iprovement Co . .'hesebrough Su'dlng teW.lKiSfiSlZompany, American Real Estate Coin- I Presto, add milk slowly, ml sing with knifepany. Allied Rral Estate Interests Al.l Roll gently on board dusted with Preate,eslllancs Realty Company, Broad ExChangs Company, Wood, Harmon A Co.George A. Fuller Company, Thompso;Htarrett Company, Estate of Cherles FHoffman.PrestoMnde thla wayi 3 eusHot Biscuitsthat ticklsthe fickle.'Presto, 2 tablespeeasemsh, Bsse 11 to 11 minutes.Send a hurry-up ordtr to your grocerRecipes In end on every packagx.The H-O Company. Buff.jlo.el.V.Makers of H Q.rorco.. WPrettp. dGETTING GRAY?How to Restore Youthful Colorof Your Hair.There la ae lanser any need of betnaashamed of gray or faded hair and feellnsthat yon leek elder than you really are.Bcleeee haa found a elmple and easy warto eulekly restore the nstural eoler at thshair. Anyone can uae the Queea OraHair Hsatorer. a liquid preparalloa teat... AttrfMS shad, from the asDaekaae. leaving tba hair aeft aad fluffysad anaklne a laatlns eoler ssd Is eststleky and does net rub off.The Queen Ore Hair Restorer seea itswork ae osleklr and easily that It la uaedand aeld by the beat balr dreseere. Batene application le neded to restore thtnatural eoler of your hair. There arEra Talses. 50c snd tl.SO. Sold br BikerHegemes s ana ins ihubi am -uertmsstetoree throughout the eonstrv.P3E PtBLD 100 miles long is floating about Lake Superior.BOSTON GIRL died from ptomaine poisoning, caused by sating pickles.AVIATOR sentenced to life Imprisonment in Dee Moines, lev, gets thrssmonths' liberty before beginning his sentence, to carry out aviation contracts,tag proceeds of which will go to his family.Bl'LLET nred at a Cambridge woman lodged In her peyche knot, therebyaavlng har UfaTMITT7S OP hTJZrO PUBUBBS AHs was James McAlsstsr, and he waa unpacking a case of statuettes Inths art stors at No. B Laalngton avenue. A ladder broke and A Venus ofMllo about to be put on a top shelf literally struck him In ths eye. Thegoddees haa not loat her punch, either, for McAleatar was taken to Bellevue Hospital.FINDING 11.000 In an uptown hotel, man was offered a highball by thegrateful owner In reward.HEALTH OFFICER of Frederick. Md , holds that ths law against commondrinking oups In public places applies to ths oommusdon cup In a churoh.WOMEN are to be appointed white wings Inapeetore la Philadelphia.BASEBALL NOTBeV Oulebra cut Ig eliding to Its baa aTine RBOB have bean pat down at Petersen and the PetePABHION NOTE Miss Civic Virtue, on top ef tha Municipal building,a token aeT her woodaa winter wraps snd nsw appears ta bar spring suit sfvlmJtlllaVsl m mJIUuV-.snhsBSBw-- -""aamj"The very last minute0 forthat old derby Shake it today 1Young Straws are stylish andthey fit $2. $3 and $4,A full assortment ofPanamas at popular prices.Il l B1IUI0B1 IB LET TSUIITITcS (IT SUItStu srUIAH. T1t MIWlHl itttl SUVtea eserruer. I'ARTOLA, tne nusi issaiivblnofl purifier It emihm ehlls t. elasaaPA.. "JJJnotliiai Injarioiis w.,:t nurse or meet the wakest ttomarb. PAJtTOLA U to 1 BAB at ynurT ...... k. ft,. mnA It a hns. or lue. dintda You nasil tku tiiieodlcl aprlne tome atkPAHTtll.A to-'lay. iron I run vniiiirnnlr nnatliatlonAM., SJ,PABTtH.A rrISO 34James McCreery & Co.Mrsedsar, near Day StrasiBroadway, Cat, Houston StrsttBroadway, near lata Street.reaSarag, bear aa.ti Street.Bread-way, rear SStb Street.Broadway, user Hsevet Street.MSWoelwortn Building,liroadway. near I'atk Place.Only atreeklys Stare,Its PulSSB Su Opp. our Ball.World Ads.Should Worry!They were 136,421 strong lastmomh4,9o6 stronger than in Aprillast year61,214 stronger than the 75,207ads. published in the Herald,the World's nearest and reallyONLY competitor.And they had a circulation InNew York City, Morningsand Sundays, greater thanthe Herald, Times, Sim,Tribune and Press COMBINED.So WhoShould Worry?34th Street23rd StreetOn Friday and Saturday.Very Important SaleWOMEN'S FINE NECKWEARImporters' and MraufftCturvrf.' Samples of ihisSeason's and Summer Styles nml Patterns.3aH and 50 Less than regular pricesNeckpieces of hand-embroidered Linen, Batisteand Plain Net ; also Shadow Laee ami Novelty combinations in many shapes, showing the latest Parisideas.Coat Collars and Sets...Dress Collars and Frills.Fichus and (iuimpes. . . .Yokes and FrillsStocks and Jabots68c to 1.9545c to 1.6585c to 2.9538c to 1.3525c to 1.10REAL LACE NECKWEARI it 1 2 and Less Than ) i Regular Prices.Comprising Real Bruge Lace, Heal Milan Lace,Real Bohemian Lace, Real Irish Crochet Lace, RealRussian Lace ami Princess Lace.Small or Large Collars of various shapes inone or more of the above Laces.50c. 95c, 1 .75 to 5.95regularly 1.2S to 12.00Extraordinary Sale of Laces and Robesenfiflniisrl net Frirlav and Saturdav.WOMEN'S HOUSE GOWNSUnusually attractive stock of House Gowns,Negligees and House Dresses at the following specialprices.Imported White Cotton Voile and BatisteHouse downs trimmed with hand embroidery andlace. value 10.50 to 14.50. 6.50 to 1Q.50Imported Wool Challie House Gowns withPersian border. value 9.50, 5.00Negligees of Albatross in a variety of models.value 9.50, 6.75Negligees of Figured Cotton Voile, lace andribbon trimmed. 2.95 and 5.75values S.95 and r.rsNegligees of White Dotted Swiss, lace andribbon trimmed. t 2.95, 3.50 and 4.50value 4.50 to 6.90Kimonos of Flowered Crepon, trlimnedmodels. 1.45, 1.95 and 2.25value 2.25 to 1.00House and Porch Dresses of Washable Fabricsembroidery and self trimmed,value 2.25 to 3.75 1.50, 1.95 and 2.23FUR STORAGEFur Garments, Muffs, Neckpieces, Suits,Dresses, Rugs, Curtains, etc., insured against lossor damage.Moderate Rates- en,,v.